Manufacturing and Engineering

Defense contracts awarded in August reflect the varied work ongoing at Newport News Shipbuilding and its sister shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss.

Parent company Huntington Ingalls Industries received defense funds for work on six projects, from modernizing existing ships to planning for those on the drawing board. The six were split between HII's two divisions, Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding on the Gulf Coast. In all but one case, the money represented add-ons to previously awarded contracts.

The information comes from the Defense Department, which lists contract awards of $7 million or greater on its website every business day.

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